Marjory Kaptanoglu
Author | San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA |
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Marjory Kaptanoglu is an award-winning author of novels and screenplays. Her debut novel, DREADMARROW THIEF--the first in The Conjurer Fellstone YA fantasy trilogy--won the silver medal in the SPR Book Awards and the bronze in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. She completed the trilogy in 2020 with GRAVENWOOD and KINGSHACKLE, a Quarterfinalist in t.... more
Marjory Kaptanoglu is an award-winning author of novels and screenplays. Her debut novel, DREADMARROW THIEF--the first in The Conjurer Fellstone YA fantasy trilogy--won the silver medal in the SPR Book Awards and the bronze in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. She completed the trilogy in 2020 with GRAVENWOOD and KINGSHACKLE, a Quarterfinalist in the 2020 BookLife Prize.
Other published works include LAST GIRL STANDING (YA sci-fi novel), INVADER (sci-fi novel), and BLOOD AND VEIL (fantasy novella). These latter three works were combined into a scifi/fantasy collection featuring strong female protagonists, called WOMEN RISING.
Marjory earned her BA in English from Stanford University and went on to work as a software engineer at Apple Computer for some years before turning to writing full-time.
She has appeared as a speaker, panelist, and contest judge at schools, writing conventions, and film festivals. She was named 2019 Literary Exhibitor of the Year by the California Writer's Club / San Mateo County Fair.
In her small amount of free time she loves hanging out with friends and family, human and non-human.